Derail.



S. W. HAYES.

DERAIL.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 2!,1914'.

Patented June 6, 1916.

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STANLEY W. HAYES, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

DERAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJune 6, 1916.

Application filed Gctober 21, 1914. Serial No. senses.

'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY W. HAYES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond, in the county of Vvayne and State of Indiana, haveinvented the following described Improvements in Derails.

The improvement involves features of construction and relativearrangement of the bearings and other appurtenances to derailconstruction, tending to improve the smoothness of operation thereof andsimplify the process of manufacture, and also providing for theoperation of the derail, either manually or from the pipe-line, as maybe preferred, as well as certain othe features later explained.

In the drawings forming part hereof, Figure 1 is a top plan view of thederail in its open position; Fig. 2, the same in its closed position,showing a part of the standard in longitudinal section and part of thederail block indotted lines; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section in theclosed position, with the movable derailing member in section; Fig. 4 isa similar view of the open, and locked, de-

rail, with the derailing member thereof shown in elevation; Fig. 5 is asection at line VV of Fig. 1; Fig. 6, a section on line 3 VIVI; Fig. 7 asection on line VTL-VII; Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are detailed views showingthe means for locking the derail in closed position or 01? the rail; andFigs. 11 and 1 are detail views of derail closed.

The base or standard of the derail is formed, preferably in a singlecasting, as a base-plate 1 with two opposite flanges 2 depending belowit for engagement with the corners of the two adjacent ties, upon whichthe device is secured by spikes driven through the holes in the mainbase plate. Above the flanges 2, the base plate is formed with uprightportions 3 representing side walls, which are braced by a number offlange ribs 4: and connected at the top by an arch-shaped roof 5, thusforming an 1nclosure or housing for the body of the moving part of thederail. The base plate 1 is turned upwardly at the end adjacent the railand the side walls 3 are extended over the upturned part, formingbetween them a thrust seat for the derailing member, to sus-.

tain it against displacement longitudinally of the rail. The end of thebase plate or side wall is designed to serve as a gage, to be placeddirectly against the web of the rail, when spiking the base plate to theties.

The interior of the standard, except for that portion of it which isimmediately adjacent the rail and the thrust-sustaining seat, is opendownwardly into the space between the ties, and such interior spaceaccommodates the body part of the moving member, which is guidedtherein. At the end of the casing,

the side walls 3'are turned inwardly forming vide an adequate slidewayfor the derailing member to slide on, and each is curved so that thesaid member moving or sliding thereon will receive a lifting movement asit advances toward or recedes from the rail. This continuousslideway'bearing surface is co-extensive with the stroke of the derail,and does not encroach on the interior space within the casing, whichlatter is left open, as above stated, so that foreign objects, such asballast or coal may not be retained therein to interfere with theoperation-of the device. Any such objects, it will be observed, can passfreelybetween the shelf bearings 6 over the inclined portion of baseplate 1 down into the space between the ties, and since the movingmember itself is hollow on its under side, relatively large bodies maythus pass through the standard. The bear- 7 on the opposite sides of theopening at the rear end of the standard. These faces are rounded asshown in Fig. 3 and are each disposed dlrectly beneath a correspondingoverhanging face 8, also curved. notch hearing is thus formed on eachside of the rear opening to receive the'corresponding bearings of thederailing member. The said surfaces are rounded in order to accommodatesuch tilting of themoving member as may be imparted thereto by thecurvedshelf bearings above described. 1 v

The moving member of the device comprises a derail-block or head 9.adapted to rest upon the head of the rail and deflect .95 V I upperfaces of two inwardly projecting lugs passing Wheels therefrom, and abody pon tion which is partially inclosed by the standard. The bodyportion adjacent the head is about three times the width at the rear oropposite end, and the wider portion is adapted to move or slide Withinand over the forward part of the standard at the thrust seat, while thenarrower portion is adapted to slide back and forth through the smallopening in the rear. The body is formed of two side wall portions 10,con nected by a roof portion 12 and cross-braced by a number of internalflanges 11, all cast in one piece. The forward ends of the side walls 10are extended downwardly, forming curved shoulders 13 which are adaptedto rest and slide upon the curved shelf bearings 6 on the standard andride on the latter into the thrust seat between the forward ends of theside walls 3. To facilitate such movement, the side faces of theshoulders 13 are cast with facings 14} on them, which latter aresubsequently milled off fiat and parallel to the side walls 3, asindicated by the hatching in Fig. 4, thus giving the member smooth,lateral guiding faces. At the rear or opposite end, the side walls 10 ofthe moving member are provided with outwardly projecting, longitudinallyextending flanges 15, adapted to engage, as bearings, in the notchesbetween the curved lug faces 7 and 8 above referred to, such flangesbeing somewhat longer in length than the throw of the derail, andpractically coextensive with the narrow part of the derail member. W henthe derail-block is upon the rail, as'shown in Fig. 4c, practically allof the smaller end will be within the standard, whereas in the otherposition, that end will project in rear of the casing, as shown in theother figures.

With the bearings arranged as above described, the derailing' member canmove freely and smoothly in either direction, and even in large sizescan be readily manipulated by hand. For this purpose, a hand hole 16 isprovided'in the roof 12 of the derailing member near the head, and at apoint always in advance of the roof 5 of the standard, so that theoperators hand will be free from contact therewith. In order that theoperator may not thrust his hand or fingers too far into the interior ofthe block, a cross-rib 16 is formed across the hand-hole, which alsoserves in some measure to reinforce the derail block and the member as awhole.

The standard roof 5 may normally serve to hold the moving member againstupward displacement from its bearing surfaces, but inasmuch as the saidroof is required to be relatively, short onaccount of the widthof thederail-block and forward part of the body, I prefer to provide specialholdingdown means, and these consist of two opposite studs 17 projectingfrom the side walls 10 of the moving member and each disposed beneath anoverhanging ledge 18 formed on the inner face of the standard wall. Thisoverhanging ledge, by reason. of its location close to the spike flangelevel, may extend forwardly beyond the roof and for such distance aswill prohibit any appreciable upward departure of the derailblock fromits prescribed path at any point of its stroke, and, moreover, the saidledge may be curved downwardly at its forward end, as illustrated in thedrawings, so as to direct the derail-block into its thrustsus tainingseat, counter to any force tending to lift it. Such directing of themovement is desirable especially when the derail-block is to be thrownby hand, to resist the nat ural tendency to pull upwardly and withoutinterfering with the opening movement. For connection with a pipe-lineor target stand, the rear ends of the flanges 10 are extended downwardlyas connection ears and provided with bolt-holes 19, as indicated.

The derail may be locked in either closed or open position. for whichpurpose a hole 20 is formedin the forward side of the roof or side walland a projection 21 (Fig. 9) is formed on a corresponding point of thederailing member so that a. padlock thrust through the hole willobstruct movement of the derailing member toward the rail. Similarly, aperforated bracket 22 is formed on the rear end of the roof 5 into whichthe padlock may be inserted so that, the derailing member will be lookedupon the rail. Either one or both of these locking means may be employedand in both cases it will be observed that the derail-block will belocked and held against any appreciable movement either away from ortoward the rail.

I claim: I

1. In a derail, the combination of the movable member having aderailing-head thereon, of a base or standard provided with a bearingfor such member engaging the same near the head thereof, a secondbearing at the opposite end of said member, and longitudinally extendingflanges on said member engaged and guided in the latter bearing.

2. In a derail, the combinationwith the movable member wider at one endthan at the other and having a derailing-head at its wider end, of abase or standard forming a bearing for said'member, engaging the samebeneath said wider portion and provided with opposed notches on oppositesides of the narrower portion of the member, and longitudinal flanges onsaid narrower portion engaged in the notches.

3. In a derail, the combination with the movable member wider at one endthan at the other and having a derailing head at the wider end, ofa baseor standard inclosing 1 said wider end and provided with a slidewaybearing therefor, said standard having a rearward opening through whichthe smaller end of the movable memberprojects in the closed position,and longitudinal bearing flanges on said smaller portion engagingbearing surfaces in the sides of the. rear ward opening.

4. A derail comprising a moving memher having a derailing-head thereon,a base or standard having a forward bearing surface engaging andsupporting such member near the head thereof and upon which said membermay slide in its movement toward and from the rail, in combination witha second bearing formed in the rear of the with bearings for guiding themoving mem-.

ber, comprising inwardly projecting ledges on the standard engaging andsupporting the member and outwardly projecting flanges on the memberengaging the standard.

7. In a derail, a derailing member having a derailing-head and adownwardly projecting shoulder thereon adjacent the head, and havingalso two outwardly projecting bearing flanges on its opposite end, incombination with a base providing a sliding bearing for the saidshoulder and a thrust seat to receive the same, and also having notchesto receive said bearing flanges.

8. A derail comprising a moving member having a derailing-head thereon,a base or standard therefor and a slideway bearing surface on thestandard which supports said member near the head end thereof,longitudinal flanges on the member at its opposite end engaging notchesin the standard, and means for confining the derailing member upon suchsupporting means, comprising a lateral projection on said moving memberand a shelf on the standard overhanging the same. 7

9. In a derail, a moving member comprising a derailing-head and a hollowbody portion formed of side walls and a connecting A roof portion, theside walls of said body portion being extended downwardly and formingbearing shoulders near the derailing-head, and said member havinglongitudinal flanges on the said side walls at the opposite endsthereof, in combination with a base or standard provided with meansengaging and guiding said shoulder and flange portions and cooperatingtherewith to impart a lifting component in the movement of the derail.10.. In a derail, a base or standard, and a moving member comprisingaderailinghead and a body portion formed of side walls and a roof walljoining the side walls and having ahand hole aperture therein.

11. In a derail, a movingmember comprising a derailing-head and a bodyportion formed of side walls and a roof wall joining the side walls andhaving a. hand-hole in the roof wall, the said side walls being extendeddownwardly as shoulders and provided with outwardly projecting bearingflanges at their opposite ends, in combination with a base or standardhaving side walls extended toward the web of the rail,

.a slideway bearing for the shoulder portions of the derailing memberand a thrustsustaining seat for said portions at the forward end of thebase or standard.

12. In a derail, a moving member comprising aderailing-member, astandard therefor, a bearing for the moving member adjacent one endthereof comprised of two opposed shelves or ledges upon which saidmember may slide toward and from the rail,

and a rear bearing, and means for confining the member to the rail,comprising a holding-down stud on the member and a separate overhangingledge on the standard between the bearing surfaces thereof.

.13. In a derail, the combination with a base or standard having a roofportion, a moving derailing member guided therein and beneath the roofportion, and a pad lock-hole in the roof portionadapted toreceive alocking member to obstruct move-v ment of the derailing member.

14. In a derail, the combination with a sliding derailing member havinga projection thereon and a base supporting and guiding such memberhavinga hole therein adapted to receive a padlock and so located as tocause such padlock to obstruct movement of the derailing member on thebase without passing through the derailing member.

15. In a derail, a base or standard, a derailing member thereon having ahand-hole in its upper portion and means for connection with a pipe lineon its lower portion.

16. In a derail, a base, a hollow derailing member guided thereon havinga derailing head and a hand-hole in the upper wall thereof in rear ofthe head.

17. In a derail, a base, a hollow derailing member having a head, ahand-hole in rear of the head, and a cross flange in the handopening anda part or bracket adjacent said opening, having a perforation thereinadapt ed to receive a padlock, in combinatlon with a derailing membercomprising a body, the' rear end of which moves Within the open ing inthe base and is provided with an abutment member adapted to be engagedby the padlock to lock said member against movement within the base.

19. In a derailing member, a base having a padlock hole in its upperportion, in combination with a derailing member mounted in the base fortransverse up and over movement relative to the rail, the said memberhaving an abutment adapted to be blocked against movement by a padlockin said hole.

20. In a derailing member, a'base having side walls connected by a roofand a padlock hole in one of said side walls at the front of the roof,in combination with a derailing member mounted in the base fortransverse up and over movement relative to the rail and having anabutment adapted to be blocked against movement by a padlock in saidhole.

21. In a derailing member, the combination of a base having a padlockhole in its upper portion, and a derailing member mounted in the basefor transverse up and over movement relative to the rail and having ahandhole in its top and an abutment near said handhole to cooperate witha padlock in said hole.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two witnesses.

STANLEY W. HAYES.

Witnesses A. CLAYTON JORDAN, FRANK H. IRELAN.

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